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Creating Tomorrows Mathematics Professionals
NPSMA Best Practices WorkshopHosted by Buffalo State CollegeOctober 13-15, 2011Niagara Falls, New York
PSM in Industrial Mathematics:The Northern Iowa Experience
Syed KirmaniUniversity of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa [email protected]
Components of PSM
Technical Training Through Coursework
Experiential Learning Through Internship/Project
Exposure to Business Principles and Practices
2-year program
34 Units
Common Core + Emphasis Area (Actuarial Science, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Mathematical Computing & Modeling)
Common Core: 16 Units
Business Management for Science Professionals 3 Units
Industrial Internship/Project 6 Units
PSM Seminar 1 Unit
Deterministic Operations Research 3 Units
Discrete-Event System Simulation 3 Units
Required Courses 9 Units
Required Courses Actuarial Science Emphasis
Mathematics of FinanceActuarial MathematicsLoss ModelsFinancial Engineering
Required Courses Continuous Quality Improvement Emphasis
Design & Analysis of ExperimentsStatistical Quality AssuranceRegression AnalysisMultivariate Statistical AnalysisAdvanced Statistical MethodsProbabilistic Operations ResearchModeling Industrial Systems Using QueueingNetworks
Required Courses Mathematical Computing & Modeling Emphasis
Geometric Modeling for CADDifferential EquationsPartial Differential EquationsNumerical AnalysisProbabilistic Operations ResearchModeling Industrial Systems Using Queueing Networks
Elective Courses 9 Units
Marketing StrategyMarketing ManagementStrategic Planning and Organization AnalysisCross-Functional OperationsCorporation FinancePrinciples of InvestmentsFinancial Management and MarketsAdvanced CAD and ModelingNetworkingComputer Systems and Simulation of Physical Systems
Teaching Philosophy
Emphasis on Computation, Simulation, andSoftware
Emphasis on Projects
Emphasis on Writing & Oral Presentations
Internships
Placement
Feedback from Students & Alumni
Feedback from Employers & Internship Supervisors
Outreach
Lean & Six Sigma Seminar
Quality & Modeling Conference
PSM Laboratory
Statistical Consulting Center
PSM Colloquium
